Part 1 focuses on what evidence-based practice is and its history. This program is designed to educate nurses in the fundamentals of the Joanna Briggs Institute’s evidence-based nursing process. The lessons within this part are:

Part 2 emphasizes how to search for evidence-based practice and interpret the results. To be useful in practice, evidence must first be presented in an applicable, user-friendly format. The transfer of this evidence remains one of the greatest challenges still facing the evidence-based practice movement and its success requires a multi-dimensional approach. The lessons within this part are:

Part 3 explains how to use evidence-based practice. Nurses are at the front line of this change and are the key facilitators of applying research findings into routine patient care. The lessons within this part are:

Lesson 1: Understanding Levels of Evidence

Lesson 2: Understanding Systematic Reviews

Lesson 3: Using Evidence-Based Guidelines

Lesson 4: Using Evidence

Lesson 5: Clinical Audit

Lesson 6: Conducting a Clinical Audit

Lesson 7: Consumer Influence on EBHC

Sigma Theta Tau International is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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